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The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.

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  1. n. The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.
  2. n. the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
  3. The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.
  4. The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by thehuman voice in speech, including the various distinctions,modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatiseon sounds.
  5. n:100 n. the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes